Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5265, Leonard Drumheller, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Drumheller, Leonard
N 5265
Annie
B.L.Wt. 26960-160-55-
Inna or
Born in Penn.
CONTENTS

Virginia R. Annie Drumheller widow of Leonard Va Drumheller who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private & fifer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21. Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of October 1853 and sent to
D. S. Hartsook Howardville Va.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 122. Vol. A

Act March 3
May 9 1855
125-241
Annie Drumheller (Died & lived) wid of Leonard Drumheller
Ms 26.960 p 11
Return
Pension cont date Oct 19, 1853
Va. Feb 53-2528
W. 1600 May 22, 1856
By [signature]
[Large flourish signature]
George W. Garrett Charlottesville Va
Miss Geo. W. Garrett, Feb: 19/88
Vol. D. 139.

7. 10 Gilius Jan
Virginia - 16,666
Dead. Let to Hn v. 1843.
Leonardo Drumheller of Alberca - in the State of Va - who was a pr. & Sige in the Company commanded by Captain Leake - of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Va _____ line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 21 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Sept: 33. and sent to Alex. H. Arthur, Chatsville. Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 52.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending Nov. 34 10.50 $ 63.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 6 .

State of Virginia } and } Albemarle County }
Be it known that before me John T. Hamner a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared E. Arnes, Addison Gentry, Adam Drumheller & Jacob Drumheller and made oath that Annie Drumheller formerly (as we are informed) Annie Houndley was the wife of Leonard Drumheller and to the best of our be- lief and knowledge, testify that the said Leonard Drumheller and his wife Annie were married sometime in the year Eighteen hundred, and up to the time of said Leonard Drumheller's death they lived as man and wife and were never at any time separated by any legal process or act - given from under my hand this 21 st May 1853 John T Hamner J. P.

125241
Annie Drumheller
Claim
Act. 3 d Mar 1855
Filed by Geo M. Garrett Charlottesville. Va.

State of Virginia
Albemarle County } ss.
On this 5 th day of May — 1855. personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Annie Drumheller, aged 73 years, a resident of the County of Albemarle, and State of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Leonard Drumheller, who was a private and fifer in the revolutionary war, and is the identical Annie Drumheller who is annually receiving a pension for her said husband's services in said war, at the rate of twenty one dollars, as will appear by the following certificate from the Department of the Interior, which I certify to be a copy of the original now in her possession. viz -
Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2 d section of the act of February 3 d 1833, Annie Drumheller, widow of Leonard Drumheller, who was a private and fifer in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty one dollars and — cents per annum, commencing on the 3 d February 1833, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this nineteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
R McClelland
Sec y of the Interior
Examined & Countersigned
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
She also declares that she is still the widow of the said Leonard Drumheller, and that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated, and authorizes George W. Gannett, at Charlottesville Virginia, to receive her Bounty Land warrant for her. —
Annie X Drumheller AD mark
State of Virginia — Albemarle County, ss.
Personally came Eli Ames & Jacob Drumheller

residents of the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia who upon oath declare that they are personally well acquainted with Mrs Anna Drumheller and saw her sign or acknowledge the foregoing declaration; that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow.
E. Ames +
Jacob Drumheller +
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me this fifth day of May 1855; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, that the witnesses are credible persons, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John T. Hamner J.P.
State of Virginia
County of Albemarle. } ff
I, Issa Garrett, Clerk of the County Court of said County, in said State, do hereby certify that John T. Hamner, who has signed the foregoing certificate is now, and was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that his signature thereto is genuine. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7 day of May 1855.
Issa Garrett cc

Leonard Drumheller Virginia
Admiral as Wife
3 mo — 11.00 3 mo pri — (10 21)
Alexander Hutton
Admiral Charlottesville Office Va

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Leonard Drumheller
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Jan'y 1781, drafted March 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 { Fifer Pri: about 70 yrs Albemarle County Va. Witnesses   May " - - -   July -  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

10198 Anna Dannaheller
Belarhon Virginia Act 9 th July 1838.

I Anna Drumheller of the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia The widow of the late Leonard Drumheller herewith do hereby Certify that she was born in the year 1781 (on the 30 th of January) and that I was married to my late deceased husband Leonard Drumheller, I think in the year 1800 having no register of the same, and that her first child a son named Samuel was born on the 1 st day of March 1801 and was married to the said Leonard Drumheller in the County of Albemarle State of Va at her father's house a Reverend Handy in the aforesaid County of Albemarle State of Virginia by Parson Irvine whose Christian name I think was William, who was a Presbyterian minister - that I now reside where my husband died, who departed this life on the 22 nd day of October 1841 and that she remains the widow of said Leonard Drumheller, never having married since - I do hereby further Certify that my husband Leonard received a regular pension allowed him for services rendered during the Revolutionary war for about nine years previous to his death - I do hereby further Certify that in consequence of not knowing until within some few months since, that after the death of her husband, that any law enacted entitling her to any claim as a widow of her deceased husband, and that in consequence of her attempts some to have her claim established - and I do hereby Certify that having had for about three years last past she has had swollen legs that which are now swollen and ulcerated, which would considering the distance and bad road to the Court house of Albemarle it being about eighteen or nineteen miles and in addition to the caution given to her by the Physician who has for a long time attended her, to be cautious of exposure and fatigue, she chose under these circumstances considered that it would be both painful and highly imprudent to attempt to go to the Court house. As given under my hand this the 3 rd day of January 1844 Wm Lloyd Thomas
her Anna Drumheller mark
Albemarle Co. State of Va To wit
This day Anna Drumheller personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace of the aforesaid County and State and made oath that the above Certificate contained the truth as far as she knows or believes. As given under my hand and seal this the 3 rd day of January 1844 L. M. Thomas Justice of the peace
Albemarle Co. State of Virginia To wit
This day I Hon L Thomas a Justice of the peace of the aforesaid County State do hereby Certify that I attended at the house of Mrs. Anna Drumheller the widow of the late Leonard Drumheller as I understand, and ex- amined her situation as to health and strength, & from what I saw of the condition of her legs and ankles being both swollen and ulcerated, and which has the appearance of long standing & in all probability will be of long standing if she is ever released, that under these circumstances that she should consider it both painful and imprudent to attempt to go to the Court house of Albemarle Co. aforesaid it being eighteen or nineteen miles distant and a bad road. She also Certifies that living about 8 miles from the sd. Anna Drumheller and here for many years, that she is the unmarried widow of the sd. Leonard Drumheller whose death she heard of about the period named in sd. Anna's Certificate above - As given under my hand this the 3 rd of January 1844. L. M. Thomas Justice of the peace

We William B Harris and William D Hart both Justices of the peace of the County of Albemarle C o State of Va. Do hereby Certify that we both have lived for many years as very near neighbours of Mrs. Anna Drumheller the widow of Lenn and Drumheller her late deceased husband, having died upward of ten about three years since and whom we were well acquainted with while living, was the husband of said Anna now his widow, That the said Lenn and Drumheller died at the residence where his widow now lives in the County of Albemarle State of Va. aforesaid, and where he had resided a long time previous to his death and that the said Anna his wife is still his widow, never having married again since her husband's death. As given under our hands and seals this 18 th day of February 1844.
W m B. Harris William D. Hart
State of Virginia
At a Court held for Albemarle County the 11 th March 1844.
The declaration of Anna Drumheller made under the provision of an act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, together with the Certificates of John L. Thomas, William B Harris and William D Hart Justices of the peace in and for the County of Albemarle in the State of Virginia, - was produced in open Court, and upon examination of said declaration and Certificates - The Court doth adjudge that it be certified to the war department at Washington City that the said declaration and Certificates annexed are approved of by the Court.
In Testimony whereof I Issa Gannett Clerk of the County Court of said County hath hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 6 th day of March 1844 in the 68 th year of the Commonwealth.
Issa Gannett (C)

Declaration
Leonard Drumheller

Virginian.
At a circuit superior Court of Law and Chancery held for Albemarle County the thirteenth day of October 1832.
State of Virginia County of Albemarle, set.
On the 12 th day of October 1832, personally appeared in open court before Lucas P. Thompson esq. Judge of the circuit, superior Court of Law and Chancery for the county of Albemarle, now sitting, Leonard Drumheller aged about twenty years, he supposes - who being first duly sworn according to law, did on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 5 th 1832.
That he was born in Pennsylvania, near Reading - He does not know the date of his birth, as he has no family records. He removed to this county and state when he was a small boy and has lived here ever since - That he was drafted in the service in January 1781 - and marched from the county of Albemarle under Capt. John Hanes - Lieutenant Thomas Jones and ensign Wm. Jarman - he marched to Richmond where he drew arms &c. thence to Williamsburg - thence to the half way house between York and Hampton where he was stationed some time, and thence to Williamsburg and Richmond again where he was discharged in March 1781 - He returned home, and in the month of May 1781 - he was again drafted in the Militia and marched again from the same county under Capt. Mark Scarb. He forgets the names of the subalterns - He marched to the neighbourhood of Richmond and joined the army under La Fayette, and marched with the army under his command, towards the Rappahannock, thence to the Raccoon ford on the Rappahannock where Genl. Wayne's troops from Pennsylvania joined us, and marched through Orange and Louisa Counties, into the lower part of Albemarle on Mychals creek and thence down the three notched road - The route of the army, across the country is still known by the road called the Marquis's road - He marched on down below Richmond - While he was in the service he was transferred from Capt. Scarbe's company to Capt. Miller's - He marched down as Williamsburg and Hampton. He was detailed on the picket service generally, when he first entered the service under Capt. Hanes he was a piper - He got his discharge the last tour at the Morrin Hills - and came home in the month of July 1781. He was again soon after detailed in the minute service and remained at Charlottesville, and continued in said service until after the surrender of Genl. Wallis at York - he was lost his discharge - He has no documents but refer to the annexed statement of John Hogg and Mucaph Boven who was in the service with him -
Leonard his Drumheller marks.
Thereupon the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Leonard Drumheller -
Question - Where and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in Berks County Pennsylvania, near Reading. The date not known precisely.

Q. Have you any records of your age, and if so where is it? Ans. I have no record of my age.
2. Where were you living when you were called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live? Ans. When called into service I lived in Albemarle County Va. and have lived in said County ever since the Revolution, where I now reside.
3. How were you called into service? were you drafted? did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if so for whom? Ans. I was drafted on every occasion.
4. State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops where you served - such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. In the first tour I marched under Capt: John Harris, Lieut: Ralph Thomas, Lieut: Thomas Jones, and Ensign Wm. Fannan and General Nelson - the 2 d tour I marched in the Company commanded by Capt: Mark Leake - the other officers not recollect.
5. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. In the first tour I received a verbal discharge; in the 2 d tour I received a written discharge - from whom not now recollect, it is lost or mislaid.
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood, and who can testify to your character as to veracity - and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. Ans. I refer to James Merrill and Rev. Morris, who know me and can testify as to my character as to my veracity, and to the Rev. John Hogg being duly sworn saith - That he marched with the applicant Leonard Drumheller under Capt: John Harris as stated in the foregoing declaration - and was with him during the whole of that tour as stated in the foregoing declaration - That he knows that said applicant marched under Capt: Mark Leake again at the same time, this applicant marched under Capt: Hanner: They marched together until this applicant was transferred to the light infantry and after that he saw no more of him, till he saw him again in the service at Charlottesville as minute man from the first of August 1781 till the latter part of October of same year.
7. John Hogg being duly sworn, saith - That he marched with the applicant Leonard Drumheller under Capt: John Harris as stated in the foregoing declaration - and was with him during the whole of that tour as stated in the foregoing declaration - That he knows that said applicant marched under Capt: Mark Leake again at the same time, this applicant marched under Capt: Hanner: They marched together until this applicant was transferred to the light infantry and after that he saw no more of him, till he saw him again in the service at Charlottesville as minute man from the first of August 1781 till the latter part of October of same year.
8. Micajah Bowen, being duly sworn, saith - That he marched with the applicant Leonard Drumheller under Captain John Harris and served out the tour as stated in the foregoing declaration - That he marched with him again under Captain Mark Leake and served out that tour with him and was discharged at Moore's hills with him.

And the said court, do hereby declare their  its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - And the court further certify that it appears to them that John Hogg and Micajah Bowen, resident of the county of Albemarle, and state of Virginia, who qualified to the preceding affidavits, are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Alex. Gann, clerk of the circuit superior court of law and chancery for the county of Albemarle in the state of Virginia, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Simon Drumheller for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, at Charlottesville, the thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. & in the fifty seventh year of the Commonwealth.
Alex. Gann Clk
Examined

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5265
Annie Drumkeller Widow Leonard Drumkeller My Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3/53
Index:—Vol. 81 , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]

26,960 Rev Aug
1853 No 3257 3226 Annie Drumheller widow of Leonard, Virginia Adm. private Act 3 Feb 1853 #21 - Dr. Ann paid Feb 53 Richmond D. J. Hartsook Howardsville Albemarle Va.
Stamp The Commission of Pensions

10.698.
X
Anna Dronkhella Widow of Leonard
Rejected
Letter to J. S. Thomas 30 th Dec 1846 " " Wm. F. Leake Jan 11 - 47
Acts 7 th July 1838.

Leonard Drumheller, Virginia Roll, act June 7. 1832.
Bepleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Pension of his } p to 4 March 1841 Jan 18. 1843 } JH

A supplement to a declaration made at a circuit superior court of Law and chancery held for Albemarle County the thirteenth day of October 1832
Albemarle Crt Viz
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Leonard Drumheller who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than thirteen  twelve months in each of the two first terms and that the field officer was Col Reuben Lindsay. That he was in the Minute service about three weeks before the surrender of Genl Waller and continued in it until peace was declared given under my hand and seal this 8 th day of August 1833 Wm B. Harris (seal)
Mr Isaac Paul a clergyman residing in the County of Albemarle and Jarret Suddarth residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Leonard Drumheller who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed in the 4 th  dozen year aforesaid to wit the 8 th of August 1833
Isaac Paul (seal) Jarret Suddarth (seal)
I do hereby certify, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and I do further certify that it appears to me that Isaac Paul who signed the

proceeding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the County of Albemarle, and that Janet Suddarth who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I do further certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court given under my hand and seal this 8 th day of August 1833 Wm B Harris Clerk
State of Virginia:
Albemarle County Court Office,
I, Ira Garrett, Clerk of the County Court afore- said, do hereby certify that Wm B Harris Esq: before whom the foregoing statement was made & who hath certified the same, is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature annexed is believed to be genuine -
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said County Court, at my Office aforesaid, this 16 th day of August 1833 in the 58 th year of the Commonwealth.
Ira Garrett C. Clerk

Know all men, by these presents That Annie Drumheller of the County of Albemarle & State of Virginia (and) widow of Leonard Drumheller, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute & appoint Daniel J Hartsook my true & lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in the City of Richmond and State of Virginia, the pension to which I may be entitled as the widow of the aforesaid Leonard Drumheller in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February 3 rd 1853
Sealed & delivered
in presence of
E. Arnes Addison gentry
Jacob Drumheller
for Annie Drumheller mark
State of Virginia } Albemarle County }
Be it Known That on the 11 th day of May 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared Mrs. Annie Drumheller above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
L. T. Hamner J Peace.

State of Virginia } (And } Albemarle County }
Be it Known: That before me John T. Hamner a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Anderson
(And made Oath that Annie L. Dumbeller formerly Annie Hundley was married to Leonard Dumbeller a Revolutionary Pensioner and both of the County & State aforesaid, and further to the best of his belief & knowledge testify that the said Leonard Dumbeller and his wife Annie, were married sometime in the year Eighteen hundred, and that up to the time of said Leonard Dumbeller's death they lived as man and wife and were never at any time separated by any legal process or act given from under my hand this 21 st May 1853 John T. Hamner J. P.

Sup Have the goodness to trans- mit to Land Warrant due Ann Drumheller Widow of Leonard Drumheller both Rev Pensioners from the State of Virginia
I am requested in the Note enclosed herewith to call for and receive the same and transmit it to claimant Have the goodness to enclose the same to me — so oblige
I am Sir Most obediently
Washington City May 24 th /56
Yours B. J. Sue Present

No. 124,24) Suspended
Ann Drumkeller Widow Leonard
Drumkeller
Rev. Pensioner
Act 1832 &
1838
Widow living
& Pensioned
Claims now and
Claim for same
Suspended
Grand Called for under Act
1856 (+ 1855)
By L. B. True Present

Charleston Pa May 21. 1856
Dear Sir
I received your letter to day in relation to Mrs Drumheller case, but I have failed just at this time to put my hand upon the Comm n in relation to the claim - I have the Receipt of the application, however, which is dated 9 th May 1855, and the application numbered 125.241
If it should be necessary however for you to have the Report of the Comm n I will look up the paper & send it to you. I am sure it is not lost. Let me hear from you.
I believe I gave you the facts of this case, they are these. Leonard Drumheller was a life pensioner $21. per annum. He died leaving a widow who is now drawing this pension but permitted 8 or 10 years to lapse before she commenced drawing, before she applied for the pension. This refers to the pension case.
Yrs &c Geo W. Barnett For Ann Drumheller Widow of Leonard. Rev Pensioner Virginia

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 24, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 28, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the widow of Leonard Drumheller, dec,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Agency, at the rate of Twenty One Dollars and Cents per Annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1841 to the 22 nd Oct. 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Wid act 1853
2528
J. M. Broadhead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Brief in the case of Anne Grunheller wid m of Leonard Albemarle County and State of Va, act 3 February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned under Act of June 1832 marriage proved by evidence filed with a former application by the same applicant under Act of July 1838 - Identity, by several affidavits which are not properly authenticated, (the Justice not being qualified by the C.R.), but this defect of form, I consider compensated by other (If for increase.) accompanying evidence which she seeks to obtain
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
The annuity due the husband under the Act of 7 June 1832; viz his original Pension Certificate, and the Certificate of Albemarle Co. recognizing Anne Grunheller as the widow now living.
(These papers sent to B. Audr.)
Name and residence of Agent
D. J. Hartsook Howardsville Albemarle Co. Va.
W. T. Lee Examining Clerk.

Drumheller Anna
To } Power of Atty: Early W. J.

State of Virginia } ss. County of Albemarle }
Know all men, that this day, before me a justice of the Peace for said County, personally appeared Anna Drumheller widow of Leonard Drumheller, who swears that she has heretofore petitioned for a pension to be allowed her by the Government of the United States, for the Revolutionary services of her husband; and that she hereby constitutes Wm Early her attorney to prosecute said claim and to have proper access to all vouchers & papers in the Pension office at Washington for that purpose.
In testimony whereof the said Anna Drumheller hath hereunto set her hand & seal this 13 th day of Novr 1852.
Anna her Drumheller (seal) mark
Test. Reuben Bower Eliya Humphreys
Signed sealed acknowledged before me a justice of the peace for said County.
J. M. Mason J. P.

Hous. July 9 th 1847.
Sir:
I enclose you a letter from my friend and constituent, W. B. Harris Esq., and bespeak your early attention to its contents. I beg that you will furnish me with any and all the information (if any) in your office in regard to Mrs. Brumley's case.
Your Ht. Servt.:
Shelton S. Denke
J. H. Edwards Esq. Pension Office

Washington Jan'y 12. 43
Sir
I have been requested by a constituent to inquire whether Anna Drumheller widow of Leonard Drumheller is entitled to some share of her husband's pension - with great respect &c.
Thomas W. Gilmer